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Moist wounds heal 2-3 times faster than dry wounds (woundeducators.com)
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& https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3842869/

I feel like it should be common knowledge to help people not only recover faster, but also to have less complications and less scarring.

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[–] Sprite@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago

From experience I can also say, if you feel pain from the wound, it's likely due to it being too dry.